#EFD85F#EFD85F

#EFD85F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.142 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD85F
RGB	rgb(239, 216, 95)
HSL	hsl(50, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 60.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.15, -6.16, 61.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.15, 61.38, 95.76°)
OKLab	oklab(87.85% -0.0212 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(87.85% 0.142 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.2205, 68.2914, 20.7284)
Luminance	0.6829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD85F #5F76EF

analogous

#EF905F #EFD85F #BEEF5F

triadic

#EFD85F #5FEFD8 #D85FEF

tetradic

#EFD85F #5FEF90 #5F76EF #EF5FBE

square

#EFD85F #5FEF90 #5F76EF #EF5FBE

split-complementary

#EFD85F #5FBEEF #905FEF

monochromatic

#C0A513 #E9CA27 #EFD85F #F5E697 #FAF3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EFD85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#EFD85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD85F

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD85F	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 216, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.142 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e391',
    500: '#efd85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd85f;
$custom-light: #f7e391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.417,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87853,
    "c": 0.14196,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD85F

secondary

#344ABE

accent

#2ADE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD85F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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